Igorevich
08-16-2007, 01:49 AM
I just joined today so I am a new lad on the block - but I've been writing for over fifty years. I was intrigued a while back to find one of my poems had been featured on the neglected poets forum. Gee, thanks! Rather than depend on well meaning members though I thought I should push my own barrow a piece. Here's an example from last year...
Beer Promises
There isn’t room for any more
beer promises, we are not close
relatives, we are not close in any
form of intimacy – you laugh easily
when your sense of social etiquette
triggers that out-welling of mirth;
it is not only believable, I envy it.
I look to you to sanction me – but
you see a different set of colours,
a rich tapestry of nuances beyond
the weave which hangs about me
as a shroud. I pour the beer, we
drink, you sing the joyous songs of
your heritage; I hum the tunes,
ponder long and dolefully over
their meaning – not understanding
a f$$king thing, promise you the World.
© I.D. Carswell 2006
Beer Promises
There isn’t room for any more
beer promises, we are not close
relatives, we are not close in any
form of intimacy – you laugh easily
when your sense of social etiquette
triggers that out-welling of mirth;
it is not only believable, I envy it.
I look to you to sanction me – but
you see a different set of colours,
a rich tapestry of nuances beyond
the weave which hangs about me
as a shroud. I pour the beer, we
drink, you sing the joyous songs of
your heritage; I hum the tunes,
ponder long and dolefully over
their meaning – not understanding
a f$$king thing, promise you the World.
© I.D. Carswell 2006